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Cloudy WEATHER and warmer FORECAST. to-'da- y; rain ' to. Highest night temperature j yesterday, rain and S0: lowest colder. 37 be Suit IT SHINES FOP, ALL Detailed leather report, on idiiW.i VOL. LXXXVIL-NO- . 65. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, kOVEMBER 4, 1919. Copyright, 119, by tns Bun PrtnMn,; end PuWtMng Afociatlon. PRICE TWO CENTS. END OF THE COAL MINERS' STRIKE BELIEVED TO BE IN SIGHT; FIFTEEN UNION PLANTS IN WEST VIRGINIA RESUME OPERA TION; CABINET WILL MEET TO-DA- Y TO CONSIDER MEDIATION PLAN BIG VOTE SURE TO-D- A Y IN BA TTLE TO BREAK HYLAN-MURPH- Y GRIP Entire City Stirred by Con test to Reclaim Board of Estimate Control. 1,079,256 ON POLL LISTS 0. 0. P. Confident La Guar, dia and Curran Will Win by Fair Majorities. TAMMANY BOSS IS SILENT Outlook Good for Nowhurgor and McCook Haskell, \Wet to \Win in Brooklyn. This Is election day. The polls are open from 6 A. M. to 6 P.M. Voters will cast their ballots at the same places that they registered. The Board of Elections has Issued a warning to. voters to no to the polling places as early as possible as the reg- istration Is heavy In many of the elec- tion districts and there Is a strong pos- sibility of much congestion in the late fccurs. Great efforts will be made by all parties to get out a heavy vote, and if the weather is good there are indica- tions that the election will be a record breaker for a \off year.' The total registration is 1,079,256. di- vided as follows: Manhattan, 386,427; Bronx, 160.637; Brooklyn, 407,129; Queens, 110.475; Richmond, 24,588. The cltywlde issue Is that raised by the Republicans of breaking up the close corporation Into which the Hylan-Tam-man- y combination has turned the Board ot Estimate. This could be done by the election of Representative F. H. La Ouardla, the candidate for the Board of Estimate. In Manhattan this Issue has also been Used in the campaign for tho election of Major Henry H. Curran, candidate for President of the Borough, ho Is running against the chairman of the Tammany General Committee, Ed- ward F. Boyle. Would Block Tammnny Grnbi, The President of the Board of Alder- men has three and the President of the Borough of Manhattan has two votes In the Board of Estimate, IKe live votes Mng able to block all financial grabs v.hlch the Hylan-Tamman- y combination tr.iht try to put over. \Let rn the light\ has been the cry, and there are evidence that It has been effective. In tho First Judicial district the big light has been on the election of Justice Joseph E. Newburger to the Supreme Court and the defeat of Irwin Unter- myer, the ld son of Famuel Untermyer, who was put rjn the ticket by \Boss\ Murphy to supplant JuMlce Ncwburger. Major Philip J. McCook, Republican, tunning with Justice Aewburger for the Supreme Court on the ticket, may be pulled in If there Is a general sweep against Tammany and the Democratic party In general. In Brooklyn the bitter fight of Rep- resentative Reuben L. Haskell, Repub- lican cnndldate for Judge, of the Kings County Court, against the opposition of the Anti-Saloo- n League has overshad- owed the campaign for the other county offices. It Is predicted by all Bides that Haskell will win. TIkct Ilrnclntr for Defeat. In spite of the fact that the Demo- crats express supreme confidence and the betting In Wall Street favors the Tammany candidates, they were brac- ing themselves last night for a severe blow that they feared might be coming. The Republicans said they sensed, rather than calculated, a victory that might carry In the major part of their ticket all over the city. As one Republican expressed it last night- - \When things are going one way, when there Is a general undercurrent In one direction. It Is hard to calculate the extent to which It will carry a move- ment. We all realized last year that Gov Bmlth had things turned In his direction. But who would have pre- dicted that he would get a plurality of tO.OOO In Brooklyn? Or who would have nought Frederick C. Tanner could have -- en defeated for Congress in a 'sure' Aepubllcan district?\ Samuel S, Koenlg, Republican leader, repeated his prediction that La Ouardla -- id Curran would carry thirteen of the venty-thre- e Assembly districts and the ammany majority In the others would rut materially. Charles F Murphy maintained a dense ence Representative Thomas F. 'nlth, secretary of Tammany Hall, de-ti.- that the leaders were glum. Tammany Figures Withheld. 'That la the usual time worn cam-balg- n lie,\ Mr. Smith declared. \Its ob- - V n la manifest. The truth Is that ouri hi ionization has neither sought nor re-- i lived any estimates, except those ly submitted by the leaders on the Saturday before election. ' \S'otwIthstandir.K their anxiety to I. low, we regret we cannot sec our way rlenr to disclose 'our figures to our 1 opponents.\ J hn II McCooey, Tammany leader In r ooklyn, coi.ttnted himself with claim-i- r s a victory for his county ticket. Continued oh Fith Page. t Few Bet on Election; Odds 1 to 2 on Moran ELECTION betting in Wall Street is much smaller than it has been in previous years, not more than $60,000, it is esti- mated, having been placed on the various candidates. In Presiden- tial campaigns the betting com- missioners have handled as high as $1,000,000. In some places on the Street yesterday 1 to 2 was offered that Robert L. Moran would be reelected President of the Board of Aldermen, and odds of nine to five on Irwin Untermyer were re- ported. However, no Untermyer money at those .odds made its appearance, although several days ago a bet is said to have been made by a close' friend of Unter- myer at odds of 7 to 5 that he would win. But it is said that a Tammany district leader took the other end of the bet within' an hour after it was offered.' In Brooklyn yesterday sevoral bets at one to four were made on Haskell to be elected county Judge. LADYASTORA VOTE WINNER Woman Born in U. S. Starts Campaign for Election to British Parliament. SILENCES HER HECKLERS Viscount Astor Determined to Get Rid of His Titlo if Possible. By the Attociated Frett. Fltmouth, England, Nov. 8. Lady. Astor In her speech ht on her adoption as Unionist candidate tor Parliament told those who had gath- ered to hear her that It was because she had \the mirth of the British Tommy who could laugh while going ovor the top\ she was able to face the tremendous responsibility of attempti- ng1 to become the first woman mem- ber of the House of Commons. \I realize that it depends on how I behavo myself there,\ one added, \whether other women will get in.\ A moment later she said: \It took tho spirit of Drake and tho faith of the Pilgrim Fathers to get mo hero to- night\ Viscount Astor came forward to pre- sent his wife, saying: \I havo been asked to Introduce to you my succes- sor, your future representative.\ This was greeted with loud cheers and laughter, and Lord Astor went on: \I have been asked presumably be- cause I know moro about her than any one else. Although she is light of heart, nevertheless she is mindful of the responsibilities.\ Lord Astor Wishes to Loae Title. ' Vlqpount Astor declared that it was tls Intention to do everything possible again to become the candidate of the people in the next election for the House of Commons. Lady Astor said she came before the people as a substitute for one whom she felt even his opponents would admit to be one of the highest minded and ablest men in ttie House of Commons She was not a warming pan, although she hoped by next election that Viscounty Astor would once more be a free man and able to come himself to be their Commoner. Some people, said Lady Astor, found It difficult to get a title, but her husband was finding It even harder to get rid of his. He had fought the people's battlss now for ten years, she added, and they could elve him tholr moral support by returning his wife to Parliament so that she could continue his worn. She might have many faults, she asserted, but feebleness was not one of these. Drives to Fish Market. Lady Astor began her campaign this afternoon, when she drove Into the wharfslde flsh market In an onen par. I rlage drawn by a team of beautiful , Uorse i'ltli bridles decorated with red, white blue rosettes. v.bR\r: pnniiti w. kimuiEii .twin wig uujnLCiii slum district and a miscellany of dock laborers and market workers Imme- diately masted about tho carriage. Smil- ing tsward the photographers, Lady As- tor aBked : \Why can't you let us have our little election down here In Devonshire?\ Then turning to the crowd she . ex- claimed : . \Aren't these foreigners awful \ persons One photographer asked Lady Astor to pose aboard a flsnlng schooner moored u tew yards away. \I am not a movie actress,\ she pro- tested. Nevertheless she descended from the carrlago and walked 'across the slimy placement of tho fish mart and stepped Continued on Fifth Page. REPLY TO PARIS NOTE IS EVADED BY RUMANIANS Allies Demand Bucharest Give Reasons for Defiance of Council. INTEIGUE BAISES HEAD Americans Declare Bcssaraliinn Plebiscite Bccently Hold \Was a Farce. Dr LATOENCB HILLS. Staff Corretpondent of Tns Scs. Copyright, IM, all righlt retervei. Paws, Nov. S. The Rumanian issue continues to hang Are here. Involving the wholo Balkan situation, which the Americans are pressing to clear up be- fore they return home. Intrigue con- tinues to show Its head, to tho great discouragement of the Americans. An amazing instance of what has been going on in connection with the Rumanian situation developed y when .the Rumanians frankly Informed tho council thoy hadn't answered the Joint note the council sent to them on October 17 because the Italian' Minis- ter to Bucharest hadn't delivered his copy. They claimed that becauso of his action the Rumanian Government did not understand that all the great Powers concurred In the note. This note was drawn up following the return of Sir George Clerk. It called upon the Rumanians to evacu- ate Budapest, notified Rumania that her Hungarian requisitions would be deducted from her total claims, \!thd finally refused to make any changes In the Rumanian boundaries accorded her by the Peace Conference. Copies were to be delivered by Ave representatives of the Powers at Bucha- rest The Italian member of the coun- cil here expressed surprise that the Ital- ian Minister there hadn't delivered the note. Council Mnat AVnlt. The council sent a telegram y requesting the Rumanian Government to answer the note of October 17 forth- with, and now must wait a few more days. The telegram stated that \the Supreme Council expresses tho formal desire to obtain within the Bhortest time a brief and clear reply from the Rumanian Gov- ernment on all the points discussed. As the situation in Hungary demands an early decision in order to Insure the reestabllshment of normal conditions, which is absolutely essential for the se- curity of central Europe, the principal allied and associated Powers cannot al- low Rumania to prolong dilatory nego- tiations on the three questions stated in the note sent In October.\ Thus the game continues, with Italy's delinquency more than suspicious and reviving reports of a secret Italian-Rumania- n agreement The report on the Hungarian situation from Clerk, who Is still la Budapest presented at to- day's meeting, was not of a nature to give encouragement as to the clearing up of this muddle. The Clerk report empnaeizea as tho two outstanding dan- gers In Hungary, irst, the return of Bolshevism manifested at present in the confusion of parties and the activity of revolutionary agitators, and second, the violent gutburst of alreaay resulting in bloody pogroms. Soclallata Strongest. According to this report, there Is little chance of organizing a Govern- ment to receive the treaty, which was Clerk's special task, unless, as ho points out the Allies extend some measure of support to the Socialists, which appar- ently la the only rational element of any consequence. Rumania has authorized a denial to the council that It had announced the annexation of Bessarabia up to the pres. ent moment, but considered It as a fait accompli, Inasmuch as Bessarabia had voted for attachment to Rumania. It Is pointed out that the French vir- tually supervised this election, as they were In charge; also that the Bessara-blan- s are njw holding elections for the Rumanian Chamber. TheRumanlan state- ment doscr bes the union of Rumania and Bessarabia as \a consecrated union which nobody lr the future can prevent\ According to Americans, the plebiscite referred to was a farce engineered by the Rumanians. Against the kind of dlDlomacv prac tised by some of the European nations In the Balkans American diplomacy. Dre dieted on far different lines, apparently makes little headway. Rule by sections IS NEW IRISH PLAN Counties May Govern Them- selves by Own Vote. London, Nov. 3. The British Govern- ment will announce during the present week a new scheme of Irish Government, according to a strongly supported report In Parliamentary circles Under the plan, said to be in prospect, there would be a grant of home rule to Trfihinri. with nfiwpr fnr rnnnll.. tn themselves out and form a srovernlni- -' body for the areas which might be thus excluded from the general scheme. A supreme body, however, presided over by the Lord Lieutenant, would have au- thority over both the other bodies. Japanese Privy Council Favored Impeachment By the A$ociated Prett. JJONOLULU, Nov. 3 The Jap- anese\ Privy Council on Thurs- day favored the impeachment of the Ministry of Premier'Hara and the Versailles Peace delegation for the unsatisfactory peace terms, nccording to a cablegram received from Tokio by the Ha- waii Hochi, a Japanese daily newspaper here. SEVERAL DIE IN AERIAL WRECK Giant Zeppelin Is Buffeted - Against Ground in At- tempt to Land. SOARS IIP A DERELICT 1 More Than Score of Passen- gers Carried Away on Battered Craft. Special Cable Despatch to Tns Set from the London Timet Service. Copyright, lift, all right! referred. Behmn, Nov. least eight per sons wero killed or Injured last night when the giant airship Bodenseo at tempted a landing near Berlin. The Bodenseo came from Frledrichshafen and arrived here about 6 o'clock with passengers. She carried about thirty people altogether. Sho landed in a high wind, smashed her forward gon- dola. In which were a number of, peo-- . pie, and then tore loose and was blown away. Up till 2 o'clock this morning no further news had been received of the Bodenseo. An eyewitness of the accident says: \I saw the airship arrive and \the wind won very rough. The people helping her land were mostly voluntary peo- ple who had apparently come to wol-cor- ao their friends. There jseemed to bo half a dozen officials besdes assist ing In this work. They caught hold of tho landing ropes. There was no order given for landing the vessel. \I heard a battering three times as thewind got under tho vessel, the nose of which dived again and again, the front gondola being smashed up like a concertina. She dived five times. Of the people on the ground, one was killed and about half a dozen injured. The Zeppelin then ascended Into the air, the lights went out and she vanished. It la believed one pilot or controller In the front gondola wni killed or badly in- jured. \When the vessel first descended the passengers were able to talk to their friends, one woman calling to her hus- band they had a very bad voyage and she would never undertake it again.\ It Is stated that the wireless of the Bodensce was damaged. Hopes are en- tertained that as hor crew wero all aboard they will bo able to navigate her. Snow Is falling and the wind Is Intensely cold and very strong. This Is the first serious accident to an airship running a passenger service. The Bo- denseo has been carrying passengers over Germany for some time. Sho Is the latest type of a Zeppelin. TANK ORIGINATOR'S PLANS PIGEONHOLED British War Office Failed to Produce Better Model. London, Nov. 8. Corporal Demole. an Australian; submitted plans for a war tank In 1912 which were essentially similar 'to those used In the construction of tanks and even better. This admis- sion was made to-d- by the crown counsel at a resumption of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Awards, which Is dealing with the claims of eleven men seeking the honor and boun- ties attached to the Invention of this formidable Instrument of war. Corporal Demole, who testified y, was Informed by the chairman of the oommlssion that his documents unfor- tunately were pigeonholed In the War Office and that the commission couid not recommend an award to him, al- though the claimant deserved the great- est' credit. At one of the opening sessions of the hearing of the commission on awards Secretary for War Churchill declared that It was Impossible \to say that this or. that man Invented the tank.\ The testimony of Mr, Churchill wu to the effect that various models were constructed from numerous plans sub mitted, and that the original tank, which was first used in the Somme offensive in models. BEGIN DRIVE TO OUST WOMEN. London Demuntl AVhlle Bank Girls Klwht. Special Cable. Detpatch to Inn Sen and the Pvbltc Ledger, Copyright, 1119, all rightt reserved. London, Nov. 3. An \out with the women\ campaign Is on. All women waitresses In the Savoy Hotel left Sunday, their places being taken by males. However, the bank girls have picked up tho gauntlet flung' clown by the bank clerks and have formed association of women clerks and secretaries and will make a for keeping, their FINNS TO JOIN RUSSIAN WAR ON BOLSHEMI Anti-Re- d Factions Offer to Recognize Independence in Exchange. LENINE IN PEACE PLEA Apnrccmcnt Makes Fall of Pe- trograd Practically Certain in Near Future. HEtsiNcroRS, Nov. 3. The Indepen dence of Finland Is formally admitted nnd recognized by Prime Minister Llanosoff of the Northwest Russian provisional Government in an effort to secure tho assistance of Finnish troops in tho campaign against Petrograd. Sir. Llanosoff has sent to the Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs a note of- ficially demanding military assistance In order to capture Petrograd and agreeing to recognize tho indepen- dence of Finland. Special Despatch to Till Sim. Washington, Nov. 3: Premier Lian- - oscff of tho Russian Northwestern Government In announcing the un qualified and unconditional recognition of Finland and formally asking for Finnish cooperation in the ik campaign, according to an offi cial despatch from Helslngfors, de- clared that ho represented Archangel, Kolchak and Denlkine sections as well as his own. While the probable action of the Fin- nish Government was not given in the despatcli it is considered almost certain here the territorial demands of Finland will be agreed to and that the fall of Petrograd is assured. It was also learned y that re- cent'-;' a conference of Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Esthonla, Let-vi- a, Lithuania and Finland was held In Dorpat, Eathonta, to consider a peace offer mado by the Bolshevists. The of- fer was considered lavorably by all the countries except Finland, and It was at the advice of the Finnish Ministers that the proposition was rejected. Should Finland Join the forces It is certain that Esthonla, Lctvla and Lithuania will cooperate In the cam paign against Petrograd. Once the Russian capital Is taken It will be policed by the Finns and tne strength of tho Russian units can be devoted entirely to the Moscow cam- paign. Finland's demands are that the Pet- - changa coast be ceded to her In accord ance with the treaty of 1864 between Russia and Finland, by which this strip of coast on the Arctic Sea was to bo glvn to tho latter In return for territory on the Karelia Peninsula between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland that was given to Russia. This treaty was never kept by Russia, although the prop- erty In Karelia was at once taken over and has been used as mtea for munition and gun factories. Finland also asks that tho inhabitants of eastern Karelia be given the right to decide by a pleb- iscite whether they shall belong to Rus- sia or to Finland and that the costs of the war shall be paid bj- Russia. Finland, however, makes It clear that she will take no part In the war save to defend her own territory without the complete approval and sympathy of the western rowers. Information obtained In Finland from deserting Russian officers who have been forced to fight with the Bolshevists in dlcates that the Reds are strong In their artillery, which is handled by former Russian officers who have been coerced Into tho Bolshevik ranks. It has been declared by one of the Bolshevist com- - mlssarles that there are 200,000 former Russian officers on their side. It Is 1rnnn that thmtutllla 11 f Tlllflfllfin Officers have been conscripted and many of these are sevlng in the ranks. LABOR PARTY WINS IN LONDON ELECTION Municipal Food Depots and Movies Promised. Special Cable DetpatcJl to Tns So from tht London Timet Setvict. CoptrigSt, 1111, all right! reterved, London, Nov. 3. The Labor party goes from success to success in the municipal elections all over the country. Jn London a Labor \Government\ Is as- sured In nine of twenty-eig- ht boroughs. In Shoredltch1 Labor put forward forty-tw- o candidates and thirty-tw- o were elected. The chief orgunlser of victory there was a former ash collector named Taylor. candidates are of their own class, they know tfie electors Individually. They have perfected their electoral machinery by giving It personality. London Is not excitedly alarmed ovpr Labor's victories ; the cry here has beon \Sweep away the profiteers I\ This sentiment was one to uhlch all parties subscribed, particularly the women voters. The Labor party has been prodigal of promises and now it has three years of uninterrupted opportunity for fulfilling them. In London It has gone In on a programme of municipal milk, bread and coal depots, municipal movies and theatres. Meanwhile, the middle classes look on helpless or apath- etic. Apparently throughout the country the women candidates also have had a remarltablo success and have obtained much larger representation on the coun- cils than ever befort. 1916, was the result of the experience e lAWr P?\ naB w,on ,nt munic-galne- d at the trials of each of the 'Pal elections by personal touch. Their Men Join, the an fight meat, cither 320,000 TRUCKS FOR U. S. IN E VENT Baker Takes Precaution Against From Coal Special Despatch to Tns SDN. Washington, Nov. 3. As a precau tion against the possible tleup of the railway transportation system of the country for want of coal Secretary Baker last week called upon the Coun cil of National Defence for a statement regarding tho availability of motor transport tonnage in the United States. To-da- y the report of the council was presented to Mr. Baker. Whereas the actual motor tonnage Is only a tiny fraction of tho needs of tho nation in matters of transportation; it nevertheless will furnish, according to tho figures In Mr. Baker's possession, a partial stop gap in the shortage of fa- cilities. The report shows there are 20,000 LEWIS'S WORDS NAIL GOMPERS Coal Operators Show Charge of Conspiring1 to Cut Output Is False DENIAL MADE TO HINES Miners' Leader Told Buffalo Conference No Foundation Existed for Assertion. Special Deipoteh to Tns So. Washington, Nov. 3. Recent asser- tions by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and others of his organization that, the soft coal operators of tho country had been conspiring to reduce production and thus force prices skyward were re- futed to-d- by the execuUve commit- tee of the operators of tho central competitive nolu, who quoted tne ver batim words of John L. Lewis, acting president of tho United Mine Workers of America. The statement of tho executive com mlttee follows: \In a recent statement President Gompers. nt Woll and Sec rotary' Morrlxon of the American Fed eration of Labor charged that the bltu mlnoua coal operators of the United States had been conspiring to curtail production and maintain coal prices to the consumers. In connection with this statement the following excerpts from the official transcript of the proceedings of the Joint Conference of coal operators and coal miners of the central competl tlvo field held at Buffalo September 29, 1919, are of public interest: Philip Penna, spokesman for the operators at the Joint conference of coal operators, said : \I notice that since coming to this conference the coal miners are reported to have told the representatives of the press that the operators have been purposely cutting down their production for the purpose of maintaining prices.\ In reply, John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, said: \'I want It writ- ten Into the records that neither In Buffalo nor anywhere else have I ever charged tho operators with shut- ting down tho mines to maintain coal prices. I would not say such a thing because I do not believe It Is true. Neither do I believe that any member of the mine workers' delega- tion would make such a statement and I am quite sura that no respon- sible agent of the mine worKers In Washington or elsewhere ever made such a statement. \On the other hand, I have denied It for the operators. I denied It to the Director-Gener- of Rallroaas, Mr, Illnes ; I denied It to other people who have discussed the question when charges by Inference and Im- plication were made to that effect before the Senate Committees and other places In Washington. . . . \If any such statement appeared In n Buffalo paper It was unauthorized, unfounded and untrue; It was not given by me and I am quite sure was not given by any of my asso- ciates. Wo would not do It, because I say again we do not believe the operators have done anything of that character.\ LEWIS IS SILENT ON GOMPERS MESSAGE Denies, Though, Secretary Wilson Sent a Despatch. iNDfANAPOi.tr, Nov. 3 John L. Lewis. acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, asked specifically to-d- regarding the reported message sent him by Samuel Gompers. president ot tne Atnenein Federation of Liabor, and a telephone conversation with Warren L Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers, stld he would reply that he had nothing to say. Mr. Lewis did deny that he had re- ceived a message from Secretary of to Iabor Wlls.m reminding him that the offer of President Wilson to nppolnt a tribunal to Investigate and arbitrate the I strike still stands. I OF RAIL TIEUP Possibilities Resulting Shortage. available army motor trucks, and, fur- ther, It estimates that in nddltlon tho Government can rely upon prlvato in- terests to furnish through tho meth- ods of commandeering- - for public use 300,000 moro 'trucks. While It Is not regarded possible lo use motor transport In substitution for mil borne freight to the extent re- cently employed In Great Britain duri- ng- the strike of tho railway opera- tives, nevertheless the 320,000 trucks of various sizes may bo expected to relievo to a considerable extent the elimination of rail facilities. Along with the report the council furnished Mr. Baker with Its best sug- gestions as to how the work of mobiliz- ing tho motor transport facilities could and should bo accomplished. RUSH TROOPS TO NON-UNIO- N ZONE Ecgulars Now in Brownsville, W. Va., to Keep Organizers Away. DIGGEBS STICK TO JOBS Strike Beported 100 Per-Cent- Effective in All Organized Districts. Special Detpatch to Tnz Sc. Pittsburg, Nov. 3. To insure con- tinued operation of the big non-unio- n coal fields in Fayette, Westmoreland and Somerset counties, this State, United States troops from Fort Niag- ara, Buffalo, areMchedulod to arrive at Brownsville Brownsvillo Is situated on the Monon-gahol- a River In Fayetto county, with ur:es or communication rndlnt ncr tn every section of tho thron where bituminous mines aro located Particular significance is placed on the fact that Government troops aro being placed In tho unorganized fields In both Pennsylvania and West Virginia, while tho known union fields aro being loft to shift for themselves In the mat- ter of protection. According to coal operators and offl-ca- ls of the mine workers' organization, the Government Is depending on the great unorganized fields In Pennsylvania and West Virginia to supply the country with coal, and every measure will be taken to protect the' men who remain at work there and at the same. time prevent organizers from entering these fields to ply their vocation, that of bring- ing coal diggers Into tho United Mlno Workers of America. The Westmorland - Fayette - Somere't non-unio- n fields give employment to ap- proximately 60,000 miners, more than 80,000,000 tons of coal being mined In this field annually. In West Virginia the principal non-unio- n fields embrace the Guyan Valley, Tug district, more than 40.000 miners pro ducing 50,000.000 tons of coal annually in the pits of this field. iMtll truoil liroluctlon tliA nnn.nnlnn men In both fields undoubtedly will n.v.. ..wriact mrii uuipui. .irouoje in securing cars has handicapped mines In the district for months In j setting out anvtvhore nenr thlr nnrn.ni rroductlon. With this difficulty removed It Is believed by operators In both tho west Virginia and Pennsylvania non- union fields that a greatly increased pro-- , ductlon can be had. Perelatent reports from the Connells-vlll- e fields In Fayette county are that union miners are arriving there by the hundreds seeking employment. The Gov- ernment Injunction, restraining officials ot the United Mine Workers from tak- ing any part in or directing tho strike, so far Is a dead Issue here. Contrary to all precedent no official notification that such an order exists has been received b either the Federal officials her or officers of the mine workers' organiza tion. In the western Pennsylvania Fed eral district tho only knowledge nos- - segued bv am' onn holrilnir finm.,t legal authority In tho territory has been gleanea from the newspapers. Tha situation can be sum med. up in a few words. The strike in unionized mines is 100 per cent, ef fective. In mines it is not known at all. Not a union mine Is In operation ; not a non-unio- n mine has lost a man; rather, to the contrary, they are putting on men and are in- - creasing their output. The curtailing of freight trains enter- - Ing the idle coal fields and the cioslne down of manufacturing plants la wet- - ern Pennsylvania. West Virginia and jMlnes by Inspectors, are \JL Inspectors yet able detailed strike in thplr dlstNctV. but with comnanitlvi-l- tho men returning to ware I Reports Desertions From Union Come From Sev- eral Districts. OPERATORS HOPEFUL Meeting in Charleston To- day Will Invito All Work- ers to Resume. MANY DISTBICTS TIED UP Strike Funds Withheld Conrt Order and Stores Are Eefusing Credit. Special Dttpatch to Tns Son. Wabhinoton. Nov. 8. With the Wsa prevailing throughout Washington to- night the end of the bituminous coal miners' strike was In sight, Gov- ernment officials were a means to bring- an acceptable offer of media- tion to tho miners. decision has been reached as to how this can be ac complished, but tho prospects win toe canvassed at a meeting- of the Cabinet morning. Although there Is nothing tangible or official on which to base the opti- mistic feeling, it was known that la llucnces were being brought to bear to the 425,000 miners now on strlko return to work. Attorney-Gener- al Palmer departed from here for his home, Stroudsburg-- , Pa., and It was said that ho shared the opinion the strike would be over before next Saturday, the day on which the Injunction obtained before Federal Judge Anderson In Indlanaooll la made returnable. It became known during the day that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Warren S. Stone, grand chief of th Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, had in communication with L.ewis, acting president of tha United Mine \Workers of America. Offer of Protection Renen-ed- . Confidential reports beine receive by the Department of Justice showed Jit was said, that union miners wera i Ieuvlnf the strlko ranks soeklntr work. m mat largxj numbers of the union miners had declared themselves as be- ing willing to work, feared tha consequences. In view of this condi- tion the Government reiterated Its promise to give adequate protection, throueh Federal troops If necessary, to guard any men who wished to assist In maintaining the coal supply of th country. First breaks in the ranks of tha strikers were shown in West Virginia and Colorado, ndvices to the operators reporting that tho non-unio- n mines wero working to full capacity and the production of coal y was larger by a considerable degroe than on Saturday, the first day of the strike. It was from these advices that the re-- l orts that the union miners wore seek- ing employment in the non-unio- n fields wero received. In Colorado the Black Diamond mine, employing approximately fifty re- sumed capacity operations under agreement between tho operators ant! the men that any wage increases .iHuruea in tne Kast will bo applied hero. At Wulsenburg. Col.. 800 min. telegraphed to Washington that thev njiuiig io roium to work In live or companies which mine . through . the trippmgTroc483l 1 lcy.Wl ere oroduclnir r.. , int. ureaa in uie west Virglni, was reported by tho West Vlrjl Association to the headquatl of the operators here. The report J that fifteen union mines small one! in the northern part of the State hi resumed operations. Will Invite Othura to Itatnrn. W. II. Cunningham, secretary of the\ association, said that the operators wore so encouraged by the situation that they had decided to hold a meet-in- g in Charleston, W. and extend a public invitation tn .u 4KU .. -- I l.l- - . ... \ \'K 'V\18\1 ln meir section to \lu lo worn. C. H. Jenkins, president of tha as sociation, said that the production of coal In northern West Vlrelnla th Fnirmount - Morgantown - Graf ton re gion was 60 per cent, of normal, aa- - Zfm. received by him. rnl8 was reiterated by Sec- - M'lary Cunningham, who asserted that production was moro than 50 ner ent He added that he expected a auick re. turn to normal mnrutinn. ki 1.1. rnr.i n . .v.- -. ', V\ \ L T.\ .I .V\ . -- .. a uesirs tno strll0 \id a settlement of all tills movomont will bo is problematical. Several oillclals feel that the Oov- - '\npnt using all peaceable powers to 'rink the strike, and with the hands nf tm renl leaders of tho mine workers' national organization lied. leaders of eastern Ohio, due to the lack of fuel, aro lo rtlurn lo worK ut once, the new developments In tho strike. n tne effort to bring about an end At Cumberland, Md. ; Steubenvllle, Ohio, of the strlko pressure is being brought and Wheeling, W. Vo., many large to bear on tho leaders of organized were forced to cease operations bor in Washington to use their In- - bt.0aUSr ft? Not-Accord- ing' !lUe\Cr Wlth th to reports to the Stato Department of a compromise, a calling off of y there 60,000 to miners working In the grievances by an Impartial and field. The normal number tribunal. Just how successful The have not been get Information the rond'tlons feu work non-unio- n men. of that seeking- No have that been John but that men, Ohio six Coal Vo., ...utl.vi.i with only 60.000 y by
